well we spoke with the director of human rights watch in the region omar sheikh here who israel deported last year on charges of supporting a boycott of the jewish did. this is clearly being done as an effort to muzzle documentation and advocacy around israel systematic repression of palestinians and i should say it's not a one off issue i was deported myself after being more than 2 and a half years based on the ground as human rights watch as israel palestine director based on our work on the ground as well and it's part of a long standing trend and it's part of a sustained assault on the human rights movement while the us has historically always shielded israel from accountability and turned a blind eye to buz this us administration has taken it a step further and even giving a green light for these abuses to continue sort of should come to no surprise that we see settlement activities at unprecedented levels historically and continued efforts to entrench this discriminatory reality it is our to international stay ahead of the news curve this weekend by giving our twitter page a follow

omar sheikh year is the israel and palestine director for human rights watch he's based in a month sincebeing expelled from israel over the last year over a claim he's supported calls for boycotts secure says rights activists are being kicked a tz for doing their job. forcing out un human rights monitors are part of a clear strategy that aims to muzzle documentation of israel's systematic repression of palestinians i mean this is part of a larger trend it's not only the denial of thesis of the 2 these un human rights monitors or my deportation we have seen other representatives of the united nations we've seen other human rights advocates we've seen activists palestinians and others from countries across the world denied entry to israel and palestine as a result of israel basically disagreeing with their underlying opinions or criticisms of its human rights record the reality is this is basic mainstream human rights advocacy in fact the u.n. human rights office in ramallah which i had the chance to work very closely with when i was based on the ground much of their work actually can cons